#16177B#16177B

#16177B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.161 H 270.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16177B
RGB	rgb(22, 23, 123)
HSL	hsl(239, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(239, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 81.3%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.57, 36.55, -55.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.57, 66.45, 303.37°)
OKLab	oklab(29.65% 0.0018 -0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(29.65% 0.161 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.2112, 2.2129, 18.9402)
Luminance	0.0221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16177B #7B7A16

analogous

#16497B #16177B #47167B

triadic

#16177B #7B1617 #177B16

tetradic

#16177B #7B1649 #7B7A16 #167B47

square

#16177B #7B1649 #7B7A16 #167B47

split-complementary

#16177B #7B4716 #497B16

monochromatic

#05051A #0D0D47 #16177B #1F21AF #3133DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.56

#16177B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#16177B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16177B

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16177B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16177B	1.00	14.56	1.44	14.56
#FFFFFF	14.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003649

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16177b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 23, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.161 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6856a2',
    500: '#16177b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16177b;
$custom-light: #6856a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16177b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.406,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29647,
    "c": 0.1607,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16177B

secondary

#B0AF3D

accent

#EB3BEC

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#07030F

muted

#7A787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16177B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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